Business

Machine of the state
Welcome to the era of AI nationalism
Sovereigns the world over are racing to control their technological destinies

Defence of the reLLM
China is shoring up the great firewall for the AI age
The Communist Party has created a thriving but sanitised digital economy. Can it do the same with artificial intelligence?

Growth versus greenery
New rules for America’s green-hydrogen industry are controversial
In the tension between growth and greenery, the Biden administration leans green-ward

4,000 terabits under the sea
Big tech and geopolitics are reshaping the internet’s plumbing
Data cables are turning into economic and strategic assets

Seeking independence
How an ugly marital feud could change Indian business
Independent directors could become less toothless

Schumpeter
Can anyone bar Europe do luxury?
The old continent enjoys a unique blend of heritage, skills and strategy

Bartleby
The return of The Economist’s agony uncle
Max Flannel is back to grapple with your workplace headaches

Straitened out
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are a blow to global trade
But alternative routes are a boon for shipping firms

Season’s grumblings
German business is fed up with a government in disarray
And now it braces for budgetary austerity

Un-appy returns
What Google’s antitrust defeat means for the app economy
Tech giants will try to defend their profit pools in the face of courts and regulators